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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Richard, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I built a Zuckerman harpsichord from a =
kit many
years ago. Took me several months of spare time. Didnt keep =
track of
hours, but it was several hundred. If you plan to charge any =
reasonable
shop rate for your time, it would make more sense for your customer to =
get one
already built by Zuckerman company. Or get a prefessionally =
built
one by a small builder. I recently traded in my Zuckerman for one =
built by
Ted Robertson in Bloomington, Indiana. Beautiful instrument and =
better
sounding than a Zuckerman by far. <A
href="http://www.robertsonharpsichords.com/">http://www.robertsonharpsi=
chords.com/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Smith</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SW FL</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rstrang@pa.inter.net =
href="mailto:rstrang@pa.inter.net">Richard
Strang</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech (E-mail)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 25, 2003 =
11:28
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Harpsichord kits</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=870172603-26072003>Hi, =
list,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=870172603-26072003> Has anyone =
put
together a harpsichord kit? A piano teacher has approached me on =
puttting
together one. I don't think I want to do it. What do you
think?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=870172603-26072003>Richard</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY=
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